Daniel 7
Daniel's Dream of the
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In the first year of Belshaz'zar king of
Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed:
then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the
matters.
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Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision
by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the
great sea.
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And four great beasts came up from the
sea, Rev. 13.1 ; 17.8 diverse one from another.
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The first was like a lion, and had
eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it
was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man,
and a man's heart was given to it.
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And behold another beast, a second, like
to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said
thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
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After this I beheld, and lo another, like
a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the
beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. Rev.
13.2
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After this I saw in the night visions,
and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong
exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in
pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it;
and it had ten horns. Rev. 12.3 ; 13.1
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I considered the horns, and, behold,
there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were
three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in
this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth
speaking great things. Rev. 13.5, 6
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I beheld till the thrones were cast
down, Rev. 20.4 and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: Rev.
1.14 his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
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A fiery stream issued and came forth from
before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand
times ten thousand stood before him: Rev. 5.11 the judgment was set, and the books were opened. Rev.
20.12
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I beheld then, because of the voice of
the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the
beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning
flame.
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As concerning the rest of the beasts,
they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged
for a season and time.
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I saw in the night visions, and,
behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of
heaven, Mt. 24.30 ; 26.64 · Mk. 13.26 ; 14.62 · Lk. 21.27 · Rev. 1.7, 13 ; 14.14 and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near
before him.
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And there was given him dominion, and
glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages,
should serve him: Rev. 11.15 his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall
not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be
destroyed.
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I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in
the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled
me.
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I came near unto one of them that stood
by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me
know the interpretation of the things.
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These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the
earth.
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But the saints of the Most High shall
take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever
and ever. Rev. 22.5
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Then I would know the truth of the
fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding
dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the
residue with his feet;
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and of the ten horns that were in
his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom
three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that
spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his
fellows.
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I beheld, and the same horn made war with
the saints, and prevailed against them; Rev. 13.7
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until the Ancient of days came, and
judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; Rev. 20.4 and the time came that the saints possessed the
kingdom.
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Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be
the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all
kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down,
and break it in pieces.
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And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: Rev. 17.12 and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse
from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.
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And he shall speak great words
against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most
High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given
into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. Rev.
12.14 ; 13.5, 6
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But the judgment shall sit, and they
shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.
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And the kingdom and dominion, and the
greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to
the people of the saints of the Most High, Rev. 20.4 whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, Rev.
22.5 and all dominions shall serve and obey
him.
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Hitherto is the end of the
matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my
countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my
heart.
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